Wheelchair-Using Kitten Gelato Finds Home at 5 Months After Shelter Built Toy-Car Cart
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Updated · The Washington Post · Oct 14
Wheelchair-Using Kitten Gelato Finds Home at 5 Months After Shelter Built Toy-Car Cart
1 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Oct 14
Summary
Hope Hollandsworth took home Gelato on Monday after spotting the roughly 5-month-old kitten in a Cincinnati shelter photo this summer.
Gelato arrived as a stray with a lower-back injury that left him unable to use his hind legs, prompting shelter staff to build him a tiny wheelchair from Hot Wheels cars and wooden rulers.
The kitten now uses a more stable wheelchair and will continue therapy in hopes of regaining use of his back legs.
Hollandsworth, a 28-year-old tattoo artist, already cares for two cats with spinal injuries and said she wanted them to have another companion.